Sycamore Grove Park - Livermore, CA (Cellphone Photos)

Today, on the 23rd April 2025, my mom and I went for on a walk in Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore, CA. There are a lot of flowers blooming and I saw a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata). I took photos with my cellphone. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!

A scenery photo of grassland, flowers, trees, power lines, mountains. The photo was shot on Walnut Trail.

The flower species in this photo include: Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) & Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).

A photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) and grassland (top right). The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

A photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) and grassland (top). The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

A photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) and grassland (top). The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

A photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) and grassland (top). The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

A photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) and grassland (top). The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

A scenery photo of trees, grassland, and flowers. The photo was shot on Arroyo Del Valle Regional Trail.

The flower species in this photo include: Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park - Sunol, CA (Cellphone Photos)

Today I took a hike through Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in Sunol, CA for exercise. I shot some cellphone photos while on the hike. Today I took photos of scenery and wildflowers. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos.

Scenery from Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. In the distance is Interstate 680. 

A patch of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum). 

 Scenery from Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.

 Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea) Blossoms

Scenery from Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. 

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Sunol Regional Wilderness - Sunol, CA (Cellphone Photos)

I took a walk in Sunol Regional Wilderness in Sunol, CA yesterday. On my previous Sunol trip, I probably overworked or injured a back muscle during my trip (photos and videos from that trip will be up soon) and I have been in a lot of pain with limited mobility for around 2 weeks now. I finally recovered enough to go for a walk as I was starting to get really stuffed up at home. I didn't fully recover so on this trip I only did cellphone photos and vlog (which can be viewed here). Normally I post my cellphone photos the day I take them, but I was super tired yesterday after the trip, I didn't get to it. Here I am sharing them with you today.

I also decided to make the high resolution photos from this trip public. You can view them here.

Wilderness Scenery 

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) 

 Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) & Wilderness Scenery

 Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)

Wilderness Scenery 

Scenery of a tree. 

 Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)

 Wildflowers & Wilderness Scenery

Wilderness Scenery 

At Rock Scramble behind the W Tree. 

 Rock Scramble

Hidden mini waterfalls at Rock Scramble. 

Wilderness Scenery

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! If you want to see my vlog, you can do so here. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA (Part 1)

From 7/16/2016 to 7/28/2016, I hit up three separate East Bay Regional Parks here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I visited Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, CA, Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, CA, and Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. I have an annual pass this year, so I do plan on taking more photography trips to these parks. I want to exercise and get fit so I can do a camping trip up in the Sierras here in California sometime. I've been thinking about a trip like that for a while now. Not to mention, I really need to loose some weight. Enough about me though, I am here to share the photos I took at the parks with you guys. I will be splitting the photos into several parts. I also shot video on my East Bay Park trips. You can view my vlog with the videos here. I hope you enjoy.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best East Bay Regional Park photos, use this link. To see my best monochrome and abstract photos for 2016, use this link. To see all of my photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park, use this link.

Parts:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

I took a total of 3 trips during July to Lake Chabot Regional Park. I will be splitting my photos from the trips into 3 blog posts. In this blog post, I will show you scenery, flower, and close up photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA that was shot on 7/19/2016.

A scenery photo of Lake Chabot shot along West Shore Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 07 N 122 06 24 W

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of flowers shot along West Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below. 

A photo of Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) shot along West Shore Trail.

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) shot along West Shore Trail.

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of a bee and Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) shot along West Shore Trail.

A photo of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) shot along West Shore Trail.

A photo of weed shot along West Shore Trail.

Black and white process of the photo above.

A scenery photo of Lake Chabot shot along West Shore Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 38 N 122 06 58 W

A photo of flowers shot along West Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below. 

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of flowers shot along West Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below. 

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of flowers shot along West Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below. 

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of flowers shot along West Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below. 

This is all the photos for today. Next time, I will continue my photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Parts:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |